[SQL] Unable to get UPDATE ... FROM syntax correct

[Gordon Ross]

I have two tables:

               Table "public.audit"
   Column   |            Type      | Modifiers
------------+----------------------+-----------
 id         | integer              | (serial)
 record_id  | integer              | not null
 key        | character varying    |
(...)


      Table "public.extension"
  Column |   Type     |  Modifiers
---------+------------+------------
 id      | integer    | (serial)
 number  | integer    |
(...)


The column "key" was recently added to the "audit" table, and I wish to
populate it with the value form the "number" column in the extension table.
The join between the tables is audit.record_id = extension.id

I tried:

UPDATE audit SET key = extension.number FROM extension WHERE audit.record_id
= extension.number;

But that returns saying "UPDATE 0"

However, doing:

SELECT audit.record_id, extension.number FROM audit, extension WHERE
audit.record_id = extension.id;

Works fine.

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong ?

Thanks,

GTG


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